I've played this game since the launch, I've given it all the chances in the world, but it just not working.
Final fantasy 14 is boring, repetitive and a complete grind feast.
The most fun you get out of the game is something called levequests. It's a set of 8 random quests you get every 36 hours for about 3 different areas. These quests give you the best experience/skill points in the game. Based on your level you go to different camps in the area, but to be honest the areas are just a big mass of land its looks the same where ever you go. You might get different enemies based on your level but its normally the same enemy but with a different name or a different color.
Now once you have done your 8 quests you now have to wait 36 hours for the reset which now gives you two options to attempt to have fun.
The first option is crafting! Crafting pretty much involves you sitting in one area hitting the enter button to perform a synthesis till your bar gets to 100% or you fail and lose all your materials. Sitting in the same spot for hours pressing a single button isn't exactly my idea of fun (you can also pick up levequests for crafting as well, but its the same rules as above).
The second option is getting a big group of people and do some mindless fighting on a single enemy. Now before the update experience in big groups of people was worth nothing when fighting enemies outside of levequests (same goes for solo) but with the update it worth a bit more. With this it has made combat even worse. All you do is get a tank, few healers to spam two same healing moves which the game has and if you are melee you will be lucky to get a few hits in before the enemy is dead.
What happened to tactics and teamwork? You get this thing called a Battle regiment system. Pretty simple you get someone to start it by selecting a command and then other players involved just throw in their command of choice. Now the last person to stack their command has to press a button to start and if they dont all your commands are locked in and you can't attack until it has been started. Also this system likes to bugged out as well. This system is just really dull and unrewarding.
Ok, the only reason i've given this game a 4/10 is because there are two things I like about it. The graphics on this game are nothing short of amazing, the game is visually stunning. Also the game allows to have multipule linkshells (Guilds if you don't know) and you can view all the chat from each linkshell as the same time.
Overall Final fantasy 14 is disappointing game that isn't worth your time. I've played this game since the launch and it hasn't improved much at all. I loved this game at first and I was shocked by the 4/10 that it was given and I couldn't understand why. But as time went on I realised I was just repeating what I did each time I played it.
In short, from its boring, repetitive quests and combat, to it's continuous crashs of it's market wards where players buy stuff off each other, just dont waste your money.